Inspiring Minds is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties.
Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferrable skills. Being able to communicate your research to broad, interdisciplinary and lay audiences -- both inside and outside academia -- is becoming an increasingly important skill for scholars of all levels.
Inspiring Minds seeks to help graduate students enhance this skill.
This non-competitive showcase highlights work by Master's and Doctoral students from all 11 of Western's faculties and schools.
The following series highlights all submissions received from the Faculty of Social Science.Submissions from 2023
Probing the brain’s capacity to learn a new language without trying, Amiya S. Aggarwal
Experiences of non-profit staff providing care for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key takeaways from Uganda and Ethiopia., Satveer Dhillon
Accessing Providers for Co-Occurring Health and Mental Health Disorders for Children and Youth in Ontario, Grace Golden
Mindfulness Meditation as a Predictor of Pro-Environmental Leadership, Talib Karamally
Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Exploring Pain Disparities among Racialized Populations in Canada, Merita Limani
The Enchanting Dance of Mood and Environment: Unraveling the Secrets of Daily Travel, Milad Malekzadeh
“What do you really think about me?”: Uncovering the influence of partner beliefs on well-being, Gabriela C. M. Murphy
A Cross-Classified Multilevel Study Investigating Perceptions of Misogyny in Popular Music Presented in the Format of Lyrics, Michelle Praymayer
Animals in the ancient Ritual Landscape, Maris A. Schneider
Deciphering what information people use while reading, Deanne Tak On Wah
Submissions from 2022
Health Inequalities in Maternal & Child Health: Effects of COVID-19 Hospital Policies on Marginalized Populations, Maria Ahmed
Are Ecodistricts an Example of Energy Territorialization ? An investigation of energy use in Parc Marianne, Montpellier and Olympic Village, Vancouver, Dominica Babicki
Reconciliation Requires Housing: The Role of Housing in Enhancing Access to Higher Education for Indigenous Learners, E. Victoria Bomberry and Chantelle A. M. Richmond
How is the knowledge of everyday events related to communication in autism spectrum disorder?, Kara E. Hannah
Racial Inequities in Canadian Academia: The Case for Discipline Variation, Sydney O. Joao Ms
How do we provide inclusive mentorship?, T. Eva Kwan
(Re)Building Men, Building Peace: Masculinities through DDR in the Kivu Region., Zachary JJ Matthews
How can space exploration teams help us prepare for the future of work?, Julia McMenamin
Future thinking: between what we know and what we expect to happen, Claudia Morales Valiente
WOMEN AND MEDICINE IN THE GOLD COAST AND GHANA, 1880 – 1963, Michael Osei
Gender Roles in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions and Experiences of Immigrant Women in Canada, Bidushy Sadika
Submissions from 2021
Going local with global policies: Understanding the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals in Ghana, Eunice Akua Annan-Aggrey
How Loneliness Relates to Personality and Smartphone Use, Kristi J. Baerg MacDonald
Urban governance and the politics of everyday survival for street traders in Harare, Zimbabwe, Elmond Bandauko
Tracking braided rivers through time, Victoria Barlow
How the Pandemic has Impacted Working Undergrads, Miguel F. Bernard Bravo
An eye for the invisible: How birds sense the Earth's magnetic field, Madeleine IR Brodbeck
The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Depression, Parisa Chavoshi
Matushka Rossiya: A Historical Overview of Russia's Relationship with its Neighbours, Liam Clifford
Decolonizing ‘Femicide’ in International Frameworks: A Decolonial Feminist Approach, Hannah M. Diebold
Naverra Music Collective, Madelyn Hertz
Working in the platform economy, Lyn N. Hoang
Shifting the conversation: How can we improve the way girls and women see, think about, feel, and behave towards their bodies?, Katarina Huellemann
Using GPS tracking and geomagnetic data to study migratory movement in birds, Aranya Iyer and Jed A. Long
Galactic Component Mapping of Spiral Galaxies by Machine Learning Classification, Robin Kwik, Jinfei Wang, and Pauline Barmby
A Sense of Proportion: How humans represent relative magnitudes in space and time, Rebekka Lagace-Cusiac
Paper Brains: An open-source 3D paper model, Jessica M. Lammert
Narratives of Colombian Women’s Refugee Claims in Canada, Camila N. Parra Carrillo
Feel the Burn, Danika A. Quesnel
Gendered food insecurity in northwestern Benin, Rosalind Ragetlie
A Middle Ground: The Gendered Division of Housework in Heterosexual Mixed-Nativity Couples, Rebecca Rayner
Can You See What I'm Saying?: Cochlear Implant Users Experience Unique Listening Challenges in Internet Video Calls, Cailey A. Salagovic
Improving Interventions for Individuals with Trauma, Somer Schaffer
Street Tree Effects on Road Surface Temperatures, Austine P. Stastny
The Partisan Construction of Policy Agendas: Party Ideology, Party Systems and Policy Attention in English Canadian Provinces, 1945–2020, Shanaya Vanhooren